Hundreds of convicts, including senior
members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq’s Abu Ghraib jail as comrades
launched a military-style assault to free them, authorities have said.
The deadly raid on the high-security
jail happened as Sunni Muslim militants are gaining momentum in their
insurgency against the Shi’ite-led government that came to power after
the U.S. invasion to oust Saddam Hussein.
Suicide bombers drove cars packed with
explosives to the gates of the prison on the outskirts of Baghdad on
Sunday night and blasted their way into the compound, while gunmen
attacked guards with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.
“The number of inmates who escaped has
reached 500, most of them were convicted senior members of al Qaeda and
had received death sentences,” Hakim Al-Zamili, a senior member of the
security and defence committee in parliament said.
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